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A decline in the number of babies being born and a boom in private school vouchers and homeschooling have combined to create an enrollment crisis for public education. The threat is so great that some school districts are trying something that would have once seemed unthinkable.

DeSantis is encouraging sheriffs and police chiefs to fight to keep staff as ICE seeks to recruit Florida officers who've completed immigration-enforcement training.

Another former Republican lawmaker and ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis is officially taking the helm of one of Florida’s public universities. Manny Diaz, who DeSantis previously appointed to be his state commissioner of education, started his first day on the job Monday as the interim president of the University of West Florida in Pensacola.

The system, expected to be named Helene, was forecast Monday to reach northern Florida this week with life-threatening storm surge and winds that will cause widespread power outages.

DeSantis says bad actors have turned book banning into a political stunt in Florida's K-12 schools.

The Republican-controlled Senate voted 28-12 along party lines on House Bill 3 that would prohibit consideration of “environmental, social and governance” standards in investing government money.

The recently revived Florida State Guard would more than triple in size and add aviation and maritime equipment, with funding going from $10 million to more than $95 million, under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed budget.

Black Tallahassee leaders are joining the call for the Florida Department of Education to reconsider its rejection of an advanced placement course on African American studies.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is requiring state universities to provide information from the past five years about services they have provided to people with gender dysphoria,

President Biden's critics accuse his administration of organizing "secret" migrant flights to communities around the country. But that rhetoric is often at odds with the facts.

After years of legislative battles about the issue, Gov. Ron DeSantis faces a decision about whether to approve revamping the state’s alimony laws.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a $109.9 billion state budget bill that includes pay raises for state workers and law enforcement, as well as tax suspensions on gas, diapers and school supplies.